pump it up
In addition to my scheduled marathon training, I’m motivated to work on strengthening everything from my arms to my core. Although I do have a high school reunion coming up, my motivation has nothing to do with looking good in a new dress. I am motivated for another reason: Half Dome.
After opting to swim instead of strengthen my muscles on Tuesday night, I could not let another day pass without pumping it up. So, after dinner and dishes, I headed to the garage with my collection of dumbbells. About an hour later, I moved inside to grunt and tug on my neglected pull-up bar.
NOW my arms are shaking and I’m sufficiently humbled. You could say that I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me.
Posted by Juls.
Filed under Core and Strength
Posted on Thu, 29 July 2010 at 10:00 pm
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Life is a journey and, for me, running is a huge part of it. Just like a great run, it has easy and tough parts. It is beautiful at times and ugly at others. Hopefully, I will reach the finish feeling good about what I have accomplished and leave a long trail of bread crumbs to show, those that wish to know, where I have been.
I totally sympathize-my arms and puny and stubborn. My core is thick and jiggly… I need to work on all of it. How do you start, while you’re training for a race, too, and not over do it? That’s where I am right now… I’m sure your arms look great already! :)
30 Jul 10 at 5:18 am #swimming is good for the arms AND the core :-) think rotation!
30 Jul 10 at 7:06 am #It’s not just the day hike. We’re actually planning to backpack for a couple of days. It’ll be quite the adventure and I’m pretty psyched.
30 Jul 10 at 7:24 am #